the aqueous extract of syzygium cumini (pulp) was investigated for its possible hypoglycemic and antioxidant potentials in streptozotocin (stz) induced diabetic wistar female rats. a single intraperitoneal injection of stz at a dose of 55 mg/kg body weight elevated the glucose levels more than 230 mg/dl after 3 days. treatment with the aqueous extract of syzygium cumini (pulp) at 100 mg/kg and ...

An irreversible inhibitor of complex II in the mitochondria, 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP), induces bilateral striatal lesions with many neuropathological features of Huntington’s disease (HD) in rats. It is widely used as a model of HD. Chronic systemic treatment of 3-NP for 4 days in rats (10, 15 and 20 mg/kg) caused a significant dose-dependent reduction in succinate dehydrogenase activity, w...

We investigated the effect of an albumin infusion on enzyme activity, expression level cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1), and oxidative stress in serum liver streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. The STZ treatment enhanced alanine aminotransferase aspartate activities rat compared with those untreated Treatment elevated catalytic activity CYP2E1, stress, decreased reducing potentials liver, su...

background: hyperprolactinemia is a common side effect of antipsychotic drugs that requires further investigation. the current study was designed to evaluate dose-dependent effect of chlorpromazine (cpz) on hormonal changes and uterine horn histological structure in rats. moreover, the mammary glands were analyzed to show hyperprolactinemia-induced histological changes. methods: albino wistar r...

wound healing has always been among important and crucial subjects in medicine. morphine dependency has also been a social and health problem in the middle east. this study was aimed to investigate the effects of morphine dependency on pro-inflammatory and fibroblast cell recruitment, as well as re-epithelialization and the revascularization processes involved in secondary intention wound heali...

The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects cannabinoids and serotonergic system on nociception in intact rats after heat stress. Cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1) 5-hydroxytryptamine (5НТ 1А ) agonists antagonists have been administered according different experimental designs (alone combinations) male Wistar rats, as well animals subjected one hour Pain perception has evaluated by Paw pr...

the antidiabetic activity of balanites roxburghii was carried out in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats. oral administration of methanolic extract of kernals (0.1 and 0.3g/kg body weight) significantly lowered the blood glucose levels. the activity can be attributed to reducing the intestinal absorption of glucose. the activity reported was dose-dependent.

BACKGROUND It has been reported that many peripheral vasodilating drugs might improve insulin resistance. Cilostazol, a antithrombotic agent, increases peripheral blood flow in non-insulin dependent diabetic patients. The effect of cilostazol treatment on insulin resistance in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced non-insulin dependent diabetic Wistar rats was examined. METHODS About a half of two-day...

Endothelial dysfunction in resistance arteries alters end organ perfusion in type 2 diabetes. Superoxides and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) derivatives have been shown separately to alter endothelium-mediated relaxation in aging and diabetes but their role in the alteration of vascular tone in old diabetic subjects is not clear, especially in resistance arteries. Consequently, we investigated the ro...

The physiological functions of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) are only beginning to unfold. Studies in wildtype and AHR knockout (AHRKO) mice have recently disclosed that activity is required for obesity steatohepatitis develop when fed with a high-fat diet (HFD). In addition, line AHRKO mouse has been reported accumulate retinoids liver. Whether these universal manifestations across speci...